“An ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure”Henry De
Bracton, 1240

With this famous saying we
started our Golden lecture of Prevention in 2003. This 2007
follow up lecture is dedicated to Global Health,a theme very close to the theme of prevention.

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This lecture was coordinated
through the Global Health Network Supercourse Project, housed at
the Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh.

Millions of people—most of
them children—die each year in developing and developed
countries from diseases that are preventable and treatable.
Moreover, tragically little research is done to prevent or cure
some of the world’s biggest killers, such as malaria and
tuberculosis. The focus of this lecture is to demonstrate how
the world can become healthier through improved information
sharing.

The focus of this lecture is
the science of global health and what future surgeons,
epidemiologists, and other health professionals can do to
improve health in their community and the world.